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5.2 Exercise 89

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Jackie has been offered positions by two cable companies. The first company pays a salary of $ 14,000 plus a commission of $100 for each cable package sold. The second pays a salary of $20,000 plus a commission of $25 for each cable package sold. How many cable packages would need to be sold to make the total pay the same?

OpenStax Elementary Algebra 2e, 5.2 Solving Systems of Equations by Substitution, exercise 89

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